02517nam 22005774a 450 991078501940332120230721013354.00-674-05419-910.4159/9780674054196(CKB)2670000000040435(OCoLC)648759716(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402507(SSID)ssj0000413957(PQKBManifestationID)12108397(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413957(PQKBWorkID)10394559(PQKB)11092334(Au-PeEL)EBL3300843(CaPaEBR)ebr10402507(DE-B1597)574515(DE-B1597)9780674054196(MiAaPQ)EBC3300843(OCoLC)1248760041(EXLCZ)99267000000004043520080918d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChina's cosmopolitan empire[electronic resource] the Tang dynasty /Mark Edward LewisCambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20091 online resource (367 p.)History of Imperial ChinaBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03306-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-340) and index.The geography of the Tang empire -- The restored empire -- Warlords and monopolists in late Tang China -- Tang urban life -- Rural society -- Tang China and the outer world -- Kinship -- Religion -- Tang writing -- Conclusion: the tenth-century transition.The Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age," a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. Mark Lewis captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule, painting and ceramic arts flourished, women played a major role both as rulers and in the economy, and China produced its finest lyric poets in Wang Wei, Li Bo, and Du Fu.HISTORY / Asia / ChinabisacshChinaHistoryTang dynasty, 618-907HISTORY / Asia / China.951/.017Lewis Mark Edward1954-777877MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785019403321China's cosmopolitan empire3862115UNINA